re: So, why did the Iron Bowl take a 40 year break?

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Auburn won 7 out the first 10 iron bowls before they stopped playing dude.

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AU won 7 of the first 12, but was 1-3-1 in the last 5 before the split.

Donahue was hard core. He didn't believe that teams should be allowed to have more than one man with the option to run the ball, and he didn't believe that players needed more than .50 per day for food, train fare, and lodging in Birmingham.

Honestly, though, he was a hell of a defensive coach. Those 1913 and 1914 teams were light years ahead of their southern competition.